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Julius Caesar Guilt

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In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, written by William Shakespeare, a group of conspirators plot to kill Caesar because they feel that he is a tyrant and he will single highhandedly destroy Rome. After celebrating the return of Caesar, Brutus and Cassius meet, Cassius instigates Brutus to feel that Caesar is no better than Brutus. Cassius then pressured him into joining the conspirators. Shortly after everyone gathers including Caesar and almost all stab Caesar. The most appropriate title for the play is The Tragedy of Brutus because Brutus is led down a path he should never have been led down and he also didn’t completely think this through. In the play The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Brutus is peer pressured into joining the conspirators and he is also instigated to join the conspirators and to be against Caesar. In Act 1 Scene 1 Cassius says“‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars But in ourselves that we are underlings, Brutus and Caesar: what should be in that ‘Caesar’ …show more content…

In the film Brutus hallucinates and sees Caesar's spirit which is a sign of guilt (film). This tells us that the spirit of Caesar is mentally haunting him. Also, usually hallucinations happen in the stage of guilt proving the fact the Brutus does in fact feel guilty. In the film, being after the first ambush, Brutus most likely feels really guilty for all of the deaths that were as a result after the ambush.(film). This shows how he might feel guilty because all of those soldiers' deaths happened because Brutus didn’t completely think when joining the conspirators. Also, Brutus at this time, might be trying to rethink everything and might be imagining what life would be if he didn’t follow through with the conspirators. In conclusion this shows how Brutus could feel lots of guilt after killing Caesar helping prove why this is Brutus’tragedy, not

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Mostly, Brutus being part of the conspiracy means that it will be easier to carry out the act, and convince the people of Rome that it was the best option and that it means they can start again and do better this

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Near the beginning of act II, Brutus has a soliloquy in which he is trying to decide whether joining the conspiracy is the right thing to do. He discusses reasons for why killing Caesar may be appropriate for the current situation of him being crowned king. Brutus also reveals his thoughts about some of Caesar’s behavior and what could happen (based on human nature) if he is given power. In the end, he decides to join with the conspiracy and kill Caesar.

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Brutus’ pre-existing ethical tendencies are rooted in his idealistic honorability, which causes his newfound power to only strengthen his morality. Brutus is a judge who is extremely stoic, meaning that he is able to separate his emotions and remain unbiased in many circumstances. He is also a well respected Roman who is known to be one of the most honorable men in his society. When Brutus is introduced to power by Cassius, he has an internal conflict because he is friends with Caesar, yet when Caesar “hatches from his egg”, he could become a destructive force. The conspirators create this plot for their own benefits while Brutus chooses to take part because he wants to do what is best for Rome and its people.

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Although Brutus believed he was better fit for Rome than Caesar, he was not fully convinced as you can tell before he stabs Caesar. Brutus was hesitant to kill Caesar, Brutus must’ve became overwhelmed by the whole senate glaring at him and couldn’t think what to do for a while. This is relevant today in the world; kids all around the world try to stay away from drugs, negative, and etc. Their peers are the ones are who manipulate them by using peer pressuring them, just as Brutus was peer pressured by the majority of the Rome senate. Julius Caesar was astonished that Brutus was also involved in his assassination, as he said “Et tu Brutus?”

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Brutus’s tragic flaw was that he was naive. He trusted people to easily, especially the conspirators. They used him to make their actions seem honorable and just. When reality they just wanted Caesar dead for their own personal gain. Caesar was Brutus’s friend so it took him some convincing for him to be able to justify his actions.

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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is quite a rollercoaster of emotions. Caesar and Brutus were two very important people in Rome, they were also best friends. Caesar never expected the betrayal from the people he called friends, especially not from his most fond friend of all, Brutus. Although Brutus did regret the killing of Caesar, at the moment he did not. Brutus thought that Caesar’s death was what would be best for the people of Rome.

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Brutus was a noble Roman, and the conspirators knew this, and they knew they could manipulate Brutus into joining their cause. A quote that expresses this is when Cassius stated, “I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus, As well as I do know your outward favor… O, you and I have heard our fathers say There was a Brutus once that would have brooked the eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king” (1207-1209). Brutus also had believed what he had done was noble up until his death when he said, “Caesar, now be still. I killed not thee with half so good a will”(1285). The quote proves how he still thought he killed Caesar

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In Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare, Antony remarks in the end of the play, ‘“All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought”. Brutus, throughout the play, struggles with himself as he strives to become honorable, a main theme in the play. He, as an honest man, did what he thought was right. He killed Caesar, but to him it was the right thing to do. Brutus struggles with this decision and through soliloquys and rhetoric devices we are allowed insight into what he is going through.

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The beginning to Brutus’s inner thoughts reveal that he is questionable of his ambitions, meaning that he believes that Caesar’s plan for Rome and its people is wrong, but never knowing for sure. In the beginning of Brutus’s soliloquy (Act II, Scene i, Lines 10-15), Brutus states to the audience that he has no real reason to oppose Caesar, and that he is questioning what being crowned king will do to his ambition as a leader. Brutus fears that Caesar will become a rambunctious tyrant, doing only what is best for him and ignoring the needs of the people of Rome. At this point, Caesar had not even been crowned king of Rome by the Senate, and the conspiracy group is going off of pure speculation.

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Brutus wants to make the crowd feel like he is in a way the victim. In order to do that he says "As Caesar loved me I weep for him" so in a way the people feel bad for him. This emotional appeal did not persuade the audience considering the fact that he was if he truly did love Caesar as much as he said he would, then he would have tried to find a different route in getting rid of Caesar as emperor. Antony goes with the approach of making the people of Rome feel guilty. He tells the citizens "You all love him once not without cause what cause withholds you then to mourn for him" so they could reflect on their attitude towards his death.

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When Brutus was talking to the conspirators Brutus was going back and forth think if he should help the conspirators kill Julius Caesar. He was going back and forth because he was thinking of the power he could have and could rule Rome. The reason behind Brutus killing Caesar was for the better of Rome. If Brutus would not have killed Caesar, Rome would have turned into a dictatorship, and in turn it would have ruined Rome and all of its people. Brutus did not kill Julius just for the power to rule Rome, he killed Julius to save Rome from Caesar’s dictatorship.

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Some will say yes, and others will say no. Brutus has trusted his instincts and chose to side with the conspiracy. All of his reasons are all valid, for he wants to prevent tyranny. Secondly, he wants to do it with pride and for the civilians of Rome as he places himself lower than the lowest tier class out of respect.

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And while Brutus did work in part with other conspirators, which eventually led to him killing Caesar, he did it for a more morally sound reason which was that Caesar was going to cause the downfall of Rome because he was too ambitious, which is ironic because Caesar's death led to a string of unfit leaders, and civil unrest that eventually led to the downfall of the roman empire. Brutus was also focused on preventing corruption. “The name of Cassius honors this corruption,/ And chastisement doth therefore hide his head (IV.iii.15-6)... Remember March, the ides of March remember./ Did not great Julius bleed for justice' sake” (IV.iii.18-9).

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As he is very involved with the conspiracy, he doesn’t see the consequences of his actions. Brutus had to choose between his people in Rome and Caesar, and ended up choosing Rome, because when he joined the conspiracy, he knew by joining it, he was there to help kill Julius Caesar, his friend. The people that are in the conspiracy have always wanted Brutus to join, because Brutus has the power so he finally decides to, and then would kill

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Brutus’ emotional wound ultimately deals with his internal conflict of the decision to kill Caesar in order to better Rome. In addition, he deals with such difficulty over the decision since his reasoning to kill Caesar does not come out of hatred or jealousy, but due to his fear of life under Caesar’s rule. In Act I, scene ii, lines 39-40, Brutus says, “Merely upon myself. Vexéd I am / Of late passions of some difference” (Shakespeare 848).

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